2022 FL Governor's race: on Drugs


Brian Moore: Treat drug addiction and mental health on a massive scale

Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Marijuana is a gateway drug"?

A: I am in favor of decriminalizing all drugs and treating drug addiction and mental health on a massive scale.ÿ I return to my favorite theme, that a fairer and more equitable economic system will resolve many of the festering problems America has now with regard to war, poverty, unemployment, physical and mental illnesses, violence, mass shootings, hunger, and domestic violence.ÿ Capitalism is not the answer, it is the problem.ÿ A more socialistic economy will be able to unquestionably solve many of our present day problems.

Source: OnTheIssues.org interview on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Apr 14, 2022

Charlie Crist: Supports legalizing recreational marijuana

The former Republican is running on a progressive agenda. He said in his speech that he supports legalizing recreational marijuana, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour and banning assault weapons.
Source: Bay News 9 Spectrum on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race May 4, 2021

Nikki Fried: State should license black farmers for medical marijuana

Four years into Florida's medical marijuana program, no Black farmers have obtained grow licenses, and now the state has jacked up fees. That Fried to implore Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo to reconsider the recent fee changes she says are discriminatory. Fried made her case, along with Rep. Geraldine Thompson and Black farmers and advocates, that the state's embattled Health Department head should reexamine Black farmers' opportunities in the state's medical marijuana licensing program.
Source: Florida Politics blog on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Oct 26, 2021

Nikki Fried: As lobbyist, helped legalize smokable medical cannabis

During her time as a lobbyist for the marijuana industry, she helped legalize the use of smokable medical cannabis. She's also a medical marijuana card-holder, which she touted in a recent video post. In her campaign for governor, Fried is now advocating for the legalization of recreational cannabis. She told us it would bolster the state's economy with a new industry, bringing in new jobs and new opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Source: WPTV Palm Beach NBC-5 on 2022 Florida Gubernatorial race Jul 2, 2021

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Candidates and political leaders on Drugs:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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